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  1. Sounds familiar.

    Rhule will be a good coach. He’s the type of guy that would struggle at a current blue blood taming 5 star players, but can take a bunch of 3s and make it work.
    The delusional corn fanbase won't tolerate too many recruiting classes filled with diamonds in the rough.
  2. Plus, Maseratis look like Buicks.  Or Buicks look like Maseratis.  Whatever.
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    To be fair, the bottom car will last a lot longer while also being far less money upfront. Maserati is nothing more than a Fiat borrowing some Ferrari bits...and slapped together with all the same care and attention to detail as your average Burger King chef. (I had a friend who bought one brand new a few years back so got some good second hand experience)
    WTH?
    Johnny 8 ball with no aggy flair?
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  3. Sweat and Murphy were a fucking huge part of our success last year.  Huge.  Swapping them out with Collins and some dude from Arizona is going to hurt a lot this year so you better hope something good is coming in the portal. 
    Not saying they weren't, just saying coming into last seasons we had questions about both being up to the task. Of course that was answered very early on in a positive way, hope the same happens this coming season. I will give you that both Sweat and Murphy at least flashed at times in the '22 season. Outside of maybe Collins, not sure you can really say the same about our current crop of DT's. Lots of questions to be answered for sure.
  4. There's a lot to be optimistic about with the roster Sark & Co have put together. Question is, how soon can they put it all together and gel?
    It's a contract year for Alfred Collins, so pretty sure he will be motivated along with another year of building his body. Same can be said for Vernon Broughton, but I'm less certain of his motivation or abilities. Hoping he pleasantly surprises. He was a little better last season. Murphy and Sweat are big shoes to fill and neither of Collins nor Broughton really gap stuffers or pocket pressers the way they were. But EDGE should take a step forward this season in both talent and depth. And there is at least a decent rotation of DTs as is plus whatever additions may yet be found in the portal. Talent is not a question at LB but play recognition is.
    The embarrassment of riches at both WR and RB is ridiculous. Ewers just needs to develop rapport with the receivers.
    I could be wrong, but to me it seems like this Longhorn team has a lot in common with MB's early 2k's squads when it comes to talent, maybe even better on paper.

    I'm beyond excited to see us play the defending champs early on, and see what this team can do with an SEC schedule, but still need to see them play an actual game since we lost a lot on both sides of the ball. If these guys can hang with Georgia or even beat them...sky is the limit for this team, maybe stratosphere.
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  5. He didn't, I don't want to fact check the whole list, but MBs career earnings are over 20M alone. And MB is still in the league and just signed another contract.
    So LSU's PR dept (or whoever did that thing) screwed themselves. That calls into question all the numbers imo. Guess it really doesn't matter unless recruits start fact checking, which I don't imagine to be a huge issue.
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  6. Bobby liked last year's team, but he was always pretty measured in his optimism.  Definitely feels like he's higher on this year's team (which everyone should be IMO).
    We're losing so much production on both sides of the ball I'm cautiously optimistic. On paper we have just as much or more talent than last season...but much of it unproven.
  7. Texas Pro Day Thoughts

    Bobby
    - Great stuff in here
    Spoiler

    Quinn Ewers looked like a potential 1-1 pick today.
    **
    The Texas practice bubble was littered with NFL scouts this afternoon. And I overheard two of them from different teams talking about Quinn at the end of the throwing session.
    One scout said of Ewers, "he threw one bad pass the whole workout." And the scout said that in an admiring and surprising tone - he's probably seen some stinker performances in his day.
    The other scout's response was just two words: "Natural thrower."
    Quinn looked THAT good, that smooth, that in command and that confident.
    For me, and as someone who has seen Quinn throw numerous times, it was Quinn's confidence that seemed even more improved. He was out there throwing to five different future NFL players. And the QB was not overmatched, AT ALL.
    After the workout, Dolphins coach Mike McDaniels and others talked to Quinn.
    I'm not sitting here saying that Quinn is going go No. 1 overall next year. Far from it. But I am saying that he has that chance if he keeps improving his body, his footwork and stays as confident as he was today throwing the football. It was an excellent performance, no question about it.
    **
    Who improved their stock considerably today?
    Christian Jones, Keilan Robinson, Ryan Watts, T'Vondre Sweat.
    I felt like K-Rob and Watts probably improved theirs the most. K-Rob showcased his elite acceleration multiple times in passing drills. Watts had a warrior-like workout. Not only did he go 11-1 in the standing broad jump, he also was relentless and tireless in DB drills. He will absolutely get bonus points from some teams for how hard he competed today IMO.
    With Jones and Sweat, any team that questioned their quickness - true football quickness - had those questions answered today. Yes, both players have warts (Sweat is likely not a three-down DT in the NFL and Jones is probably not an elite pass protector in the league either) but both showed quickness and power IMO.
    JT Sanders and Jaylan Ford had mixed results IMO.
    JT is simply not a great tester. That's just not his m.o. But man, once he starts running routes and effortlessly snatching the ball, the narrative changes quickly. I can see some teams who will ding him for his lack of explosiveness and some teams not worry about it as much because he never has to slow down to catch the ball like some tight ends have to.
    Ford looked the part overall, especially in true LB drills. But he didn't blow anyone away with his testing. Again, I think he's a better player than tester. What will that mean? The great thing about the draft, you only need one team to fall in love with you.
    **
    Biggest surprise of the day? Keilan Robinson putting up 20 reps on the bench press.
    **
    Other thoughts:
    - That was by far the most attended pro day in at least 15 years. Just crazy the amount of NFL personnel hanging out inside the bubble.
    - I think Xavier Worthy may have made himself a little more money today. Very clean day running routes and he caught the ball cleanly.
    - At least 40+ current Longhorns showed up to support the team. The current Texas roster absolutely passes the eyeball test.

     

    This is the geography thread, get that football stuff out of here.

    Seriously though, watched the video of X and AD catching...both look great, but X looked a bit smoother and more comfortable out there. If I were an NFL GM and needed another receiver badly I would have zero qualms spending a first round pick on either one of these dudes.
  8. Our boy Graham is at it again.  This time it's the Trev hire.  And of course none of it make sense.  This guy is going to be good for a lot of laughs going forward.
    Texas A&M hiring Trev Alberts shows they are still one step ahead of Texas, OU
    The Texas A&M Aggies are showing that they won’t back down to anybody in the new era of collegiate athletics.

    By Graham Harmon
    Texas A&M’s hire of Trev Alberts as Director of Athletics shows that they won’t take a backseat to anybody—especially Texas and OU
    When news came down that Texas A&M was hiring Trev Alberts as their new Director of Athletics, shockwaves were sent throughout the collegiate athletics landscape. Alberts has been a leader in the industry for quite some time, and is an alum of Nebraska. For those reasons, Texas A&M’s hire was rightly seen as a seismic move.
    A move of this type was definitely a necessary one for Texas A&M. For all of Ross Bjork’s strengths as an athletic director, it was becoming clear that the Aggies may need an upgrade at that position as the tectonic plates of collegiate athletics begin to violently shift.
    Alberts is that guy. He’s forward-thinking. He works well with donors. He understands the issues confronting athletic departments today, and comes up with innovative solutions. Importantly, he understands NIL and is well-apprised of where things could go. I have no doubt he is already ahead on planning for such scenarios.
    So why do I bring up Texas and OU? That’s a fair question. It’s an easy enough answer to say that the Aggies are about to share a conference once again with them, so it’s natural to identify them as others who are trying to position themselves well for the future. Specifically, though, these were the big dogs in the Big 12; ones who often looked down on the Aggies.
    Consider a recent instance: Chris Del Conte, at a Q&A session on the Texas campus, announced that they would be playing Texas A&M annually. This is an interesting point of political maneuvering. Let me explain.
    By announcing this in such a context, Del Conte has the plausible deniability of saying he was talking about one of the big questions relevant to Texas Athletics moving forward. However, he also was the first to announce it, giving the impression that the Longhorns are the leader in the arrangement. Not only this, but a necessary consequence was revealing that the SEC would be moving to a different scheduling model than the one that they had previously been operating under!
    This is the kind of underhanded politicking that we can expect from our neighbors to the west. There’s an undying, obsessive concern with image out there that leads to putting people in positions of power out there that are experts in, if nothing else, public relations and image management.
    It takes a leader with real substance to counter that kind of flash. Alberts is that guy. He knows his plan and what it takes to execute it. That the Aggies identified him and had the leadership and wherewithal to land him speaks to the kind of department they are trying to build: one with strong vision and a lasting foundation.
    https://gigemgazette.com/posts/texas-a-m-hiring-trev-alberts-shows-they-are-still-one-step-ahead-of-texas-ou-01hsc6ksf8yt
    This article is so full of aggy rhetoric and bluster all the current AI programs will be spot on accurate in a few years when you request "write me an article about Texas A&M football in the style of an A&M booster"

    Hell, it probably won't take a few years, there is already plenty out there on the webs.
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  9. Perhaps a sign that CDC is quite confident Sark won’t leave us for another job and that’s his way to expressing it?
    What job out there is more attractive than The University of Texas, or even equal at the moment? Sark isn't going anywhere else unless asked to do so by the University of Texas.

    Edit- non-NFL coaching job that is.
  10. 200.gif
    I don't know about the rest of you, but after looking at the pics, watching a few vids and reading some 9.95'er articles I'm having trouble locating a single loss on our schedule. Can someone help me out here?
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  11. Reminds me of this:
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    The Cybertruck does look like some retired metalsmith bought an old Ford F-150 with a rusted out body and decided to make his own big runner with a few sheets of scrap stainless steel. Even so, still want one.
  12. “Bagman” is such a great term. 
     
    Problem- you want to pay a player, against the rules. Where does the money come from? How is it delivered? Constraints- no records of transaction , no misdirection of funds, no traceability to coaches, administrators or Big Money Donors  
    Where does the money come from? Not from coaches and not from the school  it has to come from BMDs  
    What form does the money come in? Cash, because you don’t want records of checks or wirings  
    Solution- “bagman”. Put cash in a bag and have a low level employee or associate hand deliver it, along with precautions about triggering auto bank disclosures of excessive cash amounts. 
     
    In the late 1980s, the Ags were being blackmailed by a former player, George Smith, in Georgia. Rather than hand deliver a bag of cash (requiring a couple days of driving or a plane ticket), the Ag football office FedExed $20k in cash, which was then opened by Smith in view of a DMN writer. 
     
    And that’s why bagmen were needed. 
     
    In recruiting, SMU used young boosters to deliver the cash to recruits around the state. That way, the BMDs (like Edwin Cox and Bill Clements) didn’t get their hands dirty, the recruits got the cash, and the young boosters (like Sherwood Blount) got to network with the BMDs, in ways they never would have been able to, otherwise. 
     
    SMU used junior AD employees to deliver the cash to players on the team. 
    Before the days of everyone having ring cameras or other sources of home security the mailbox drop was a good way to do it. According to an ex LSU bagman I met in a bar many years ago they would simply drop off a plain, unmarked envelope filled with cash in the proper mailbox, then shortly after someone would call the player or family member contact to chat, talk about how great it would be if they (or their kid) played for (insert SEC school) then towards the end of the convo casually ask if they had gotten their mail for the day...and if not they should check it out asap. The last part was to make sure they know who it was coming from, yet no paper trail that would give them away. According to this dude it was so common at one point in time they had to stop using it in some cases and go back to direct handoffs. No, not because the NCAA was aware, but rather relatives/friends/acquaintances of highly sought after recruits knowing about this method and going through the kids parents mailbox looking for unmarked envelopes to steal.
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